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Residents prepared

When the Aberfeldy-Donnellys Creek fire threatened to hit Walhalla Thursday night, Walhalla residents remained calm and bunkered together to defend their town.

Valley’s brightest university bound

It was smiles all round for the best and brightest at Latrobe Valley high schools last week when their duxes discovered they had received offers for their first university preferences.

Path through Gippsland

The ability to live at home and learn in smaller sized classes were factors which influenced a Flinders College student's decision to study at Monash University Gippsland this year.

On high alert

FOR the Piper family from Toongabbie, the last three days have been emotional.

Fridge old, but still humming

Valerie Massey never expected she owned the oldest appliance in Latrobe Valley, but it should not have come as a shock that her 58 year-old refrigerator had years on the competition.

Too good to waste

The plight of fruit farmers, whose produce is laying wasted, has prompted a Morwell man to establish an action group and a plan to get farmers a better deal.

Designing a new life

TRARALGON resident Argyro Gavalas is more accustomed to designing women's clothing, but a move to the Latrobe Valley two years ago saw the Melburnian begin to craft a new life for herself.

Koffee contributes to community

A mobile coffee van funded to support the Boolarra community served more than 330 customers during its first three outings after months of planning and organising.

New medical clinic for Malaita

A PROJECT to provide a medical clinic for the highland region of Malaita has taken a significant step forward with the recent purchase, in Honiara, of all the hardware requirements.

Redevelopment completed

RAWSON'S Dunstan Pavilion has been officially opened following a $230,000 redevelopment.

Connecting through the internet

WHEN Jim McDonald walked into Traralgon Library last month he knew what Skype was, but not how he could use it to connect with relatives and friends around Australia and the world.

Volunteer fined for delay

A LONG-serving community volunteer has been left upset by a $70 parking infringement fine for being 14 minutes late after she was delayed handing over duties to a fellow volunteer.

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